March 26, 2015

An estimated £39.6 billion was invested in the UK’s renewable energy industry between 2010 and 2014. http://www.energylivenews.com/2015/03/25/39-6bn-invested-in-uk-renewables-since-2010/

Anti-windfarm campaigners are warning that views from a famous military road through the Scottish highlands will be spoiled if a wind farm application gets the go-ahead. http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/More-wind-turbine-concerns-over-Corrieyairack-25032015.htm

The SNP’s continued obsession with wind power will cost Scotland more than half its generating capacity, the Scottish Conservatives have said. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2015/03/obsession-with-wind-will-cost-scotland-half-its-generating-capacity/

    The premature closure of Longannet power station at a time of falling spare capacity in the system is a “national scandal”, the energy minister has said. Fergus Ewing told MSPs the Scottish Government would “strain every sinew” to help employees at the struggling Fife station if the closure Read more